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Show ? VOL. XIY. RANDOLPH, RICH COUNTY. UTAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1910. SERIAL STORY PICTURES BY A. WEIL By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE (Copyright 1907, Tho Co.) Bobte-Sarrt- 8YN0PSIS. . Mad Dan Maitland, on reaching: hla New York bachelor club, met an attractive young woman at the door. Janitor OHagan assured him no one had been Dan discovered a womwithin that In dust on his desk, ans Anger day. prints a with from his attorney. letter along Maitland dined with Bannerman, his attorney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to get his family jewels. During his walk to the country seat, he met the young woman in gray, whom he had seen leaving his bachelors' club. Her auto had broken down. He fixed it. By a ruse she lost him. Maitland, on reaching home, surprised lady in gray, cracking the safe She, apparently, containing his gems. n took him for a crook. Daniel Maitland opened Anisty. his safe, took therefrom the Jewels, and gave them to her, first forming a partnership in crime. The real Dan Anisty, by police of the world, appeared sought on the same mission. Maitland overcame him. He met the girl outside the house and they sped on to New York in her auto. He had the Jewels and she promised to meet him that day. Maitland received a Mr. Snaith. well-know- But his departure was somewhat permit ' me to say so. Snaith was studying his host's face Intently. Hig- harried. I can conceive that he might ' gins, poor fellow, had his faith shaken abandon his kit to the foundations. This Anisty must But it was not his." be a clever actor as well as a master Noli Anlstys?" , burglar. Having cursed Higgins root Anisty does not depend on such and branch, he got his second wind antiquated methods, Mr. Maitland; and explained that he was Mr. Mait- save that in extreme instances, with land! Conceive Higgins' - position. a particularly stubborn safe, he emWhat could he do? ploys a high explosive that, so far as we can find out, is practically noiseWhat he did, I gpther. less. Its nature is a mystery . . , Precisely. And Anisty?" Once loosed, he knocked Higgins over with the butt of a revolver, jumped out of the window and vanished. By the time the butler got his senses back, Anisty, presumably, was miles away. . . J'. Mr. Maitland! said Snaith, sharply. Yes? responded Maitland, elevating his brows, refusing to be startled. didnt you send Why, crisply, the constables from Greenfields, according to your promise? Maitland laughed uneasily and looked down, visibly embarrassed, acting with consummate address, playing the gam$ for all he was worth; and enjoying it hugely. I Why Really, Mr. Snaith, I must confess A confession would aid us materiThe case is perplexing. ally, dryly. You round up a burglar sought by the police of two continents, and listlessly permit his escape. Why? I would rather not be pressed, said Maitland, with evident candor; but, since you say it is imperative, that you must know Snaith inclined his head affirmatively. Why to tell the truth, I was a bit under the weather last night; out with a party of friends, you know. Dare say we all had a bit more than we could carry. The capture was purely accidental; we had other plans for ... ... ... d, ( CHAPTER Ve Continued. Maitland accepted the card and ele-- ' vated his brows. Oh!, ho Bald, tina-i-t tlowdrl'tnanner becoming perceptibly less cordial. I say, OHagan. Yessor?" I shall' be busy for Will half an hour satisfy you, Mr. Snaith? You are most kind, the stranger bowed. In half an hour, OHagan, you may -- return. Very good, sor. And the hall door closed. So, said Maitland, turning to face the man squarely, you are from police headquarters? As you see. moved. t His caller seemed partly amused, very slightly embarpartly but to I have been assigned rassed. cover the affair of last night, he I presume you continued blandly. have no objection to giving me what Information you may possess. Credentials? The mans amusement was made visible in a fugitive smile, by his small and neatly trimmed mustache. Mutely eloquent, he turned back the lapel of his coat, exposing a small shield; at which Maitland glanced casually. Very well, he consented, bored but resigned. Fire ahead, but make it as brief as you can; Ive an engagement an hour, In glancing at the clock and must dress. Ill detain you no longer than is esOf course you undersential. stand how keen we are after this man Anisty." What puzzles me, Maitland Interrupted, is how you got wind of the affair so soon. Then you have not heard? Snaith exhibited polite surprise. I am Just out of bed. "Anisty escaped shortly after left Maitland Manor. Ah! Mr. Snaith knitted his brows, evidently at a loss whether to ascribe Maitland's exclamation as due to surprise, regret, or relief. Which pleased Maitland, who had been at pains to make his tone noncommittal. In point of fact he was neither surprised nor half-hidde- ... regretful. Thunder! he continued, slowly. I forgot to phone Higgins. That is why I called. Your butler did not know where you could be found. You had left in great haste, promising to send constables; you failed to do so; Higgins got no word. In the course of an hour or so his charge began to choke or pretended to. Higgins became alarmed and removed the gag. Anisty lay quiet until his face resumed its normal color and then began to abuse Higgins for a thick-headeidiot. Mr. Snaith interrupted himself to chuckle lightly. You noticed a resemblance? he resumed. SomeMaitland, too, was smiling. thing of the sort. "It Is really remarkable, if you will d soi-disa- Mr. Snaith motioned delicately toward his business card as he called it Well? after a moments pause. I am a detective, you understand." Perfectly, Maitland assented, un- strong-boxe- s But such as yours at Greenfields he opens by ear, so to speak listens to the combination, He was once an expert, reputably employed by a prominent find of safe manufacturers, in whose service he gained the skill that has fflade him what he is. Maitland cast about at ranBut, may dom, feeling himself cornered h'; not have had accomplices? Hes no such fool. Unless he has gone mad, he worked alone. I presume you discovered no accomplice? I? The devil, no! Snaith smiled mysteriously, then fell thoughtful, pondering. he said, at You are an enigma, I can not understand why length. you refuse us all information, when I consider that the jewels were yours Are mine, Maitland corrected. No longer. I beg your pardon; I have them." Snaith shook his head, smiling inMaitland flushed with credulously. annoyance and resentment, then on impulse rose and strode into the adjoining bedroom, returning with a small canvas bag. You rfhall see for yourself," he said, depositing the bag on the desk and fumbling with drawstring. If you will be kind enough to step over here Mr. Snaith, still unconvinced, hesitated, then assented, halting a brief distance from Maitland and toying abstractedly with his cane whilfe the young man plucked at the drawstring. ComDeuced tight Jtnot, this, mented Maitland, annoyed. r No matter. Dont trouble, pkwsA. Im quite satisfied, believe mU , v" 06, you are? Maitland turned; and in the act of taming, the loaded head of the cane landed with crushing force upon his temple. For an Instant he stood swaying, eyes closed, face robbed of every vestige of color, deep lines of agony giaven in his forehead and about his mouth; then fell like a lifeless thing, limp and invertebrate. The Mr. Snaith caught him and let him gently and without sound to the floor. Poor fool! he commented, kneeling to make a hasty examination. Hope 1 haven't done for him. . . . It would be the first time. , ,r . . . . So! Hes all Bad precedent! right conscious within an hour. . . . Too soon! he added, standing and Well, turn about's fair looking down. play. He swung on his heel and entered the hallway, pausing at the door long enough to shoot the bolt; then passed hastily through the other chambers, searching, to judge by his manner. In the end a closed door attracted him; he Jerked it open, with an exclamation of relief. It gave upon a large bare room, used by Maitland as a trunk closet. Here were stout leather straps and cords in ample measure. Mr. Snaith" selected one from them quickly but with care, choosing the strongest. In two more minutes, Maitland, tiussed, gagged, still unconscious, and breathing heavily, occupied a divan in his smoking-room- , while his assailant, in the bedroom, ears keen to catch the least sound from without, was rapidly and cheerfully arraying himself in the Maitland flannels and accessories even to the gray socks which had been specified. The less chances one takes, the better," soliloquized Mr. Snaith." He stood erect, in another man's shoes, squaring back his shoulders, discarding the disguising stoop, and confronted his image in a Good enough Maitland, he commented, with a little satisfied nod to his counterfeit presentment. But well make it better still. A single quick jerk denuded his upper lip; he stowed the mustache carefully away in his breast pocket. The moistened corner of a towel make quick work of the crow's feet about his eyes, and, simultaneously, robbed him of a dozen apparent years. A pair of yellow chamois gloves, placed conveniently on a dressing table, covered hands that no art could make resemble Maitland's. And it was Daniel Maitland who studied himself in the pier- - Said Maitland, Turning to Fact Man Squarely, You Are from Police Headquarters? So, the the night and well, laughing shortly, I didnt give the matter too much thought, beyond believing that Higgins-woulhold the man tight." I see. It la unfortunate, but . . . you motored back to town. It was not a question, but Maitland so considered it. We did, he admitted. And came here directly? I did. Mr. Maitland, why not be frank with me? My sole object is to capture a notorious burglar. I have no desire to meddle with your private affairs, but . . . You may trust in my discretion. Who was the young lady? To conceal her Identity, said Malt is precisely why land, undisturbed, I have been lying to you. You refuse us that information? Absolutely. I have no choice in the matter. You must see that. Snaith shook his head, baffled, infinitely perturbed, to Maitland's hidden delight. Of course, said he, the policeman at the ferry recognized me? You are well known to him, admitted Snaith. But that is a side issue. What puzzles me is why you let Anisty escape. It is inconceivable. From a police point of view. From any point of view," said The man breaks Snaith, obstinately. into your house, steals your jewels This is getting tiresome. Maitland Is it possible interrupted, curtly. that you suspect me of conniving at the theft of my own property?" Snaiths eyes were keen upon him. Stranger things have been known. And yet the motive is lacking. You are not financially embarrassed so far as we can determine, at least." Maitland politely interposed his fingers beveen his yawn and the deYou have tectives Intent regard. ten minutes more, Im sorry to say, he said, glancing at the clock. And there is another point, more significant, yet. Ah? Yes. Snaith bent forward, elbows on knees, hat and cane swinging, eyes, implacable, hard, relentless. Anisty, he said, slowly, left a tolerably complete burglar's kit in your library. Well hes a burglar, isnt he? Not that kind. Snaith shook his head. gray-stripe- d pier-glas- Contented, the criminal returned to A single glance the smoking-room- . assured him that his victim was still dead to the world. He sat down at the desk, drew off the gloves, and opened the bag; a peep within which was enough. With a deep and slow intake of breath he knotted the drawstring and dropped the bag into his pocket. A Jeweled cigarette case of unique design shared the same fate. Quick eyes roaming the desk observed the telegram form upon which Maitland had written Cressy's name and address. Momentarily perplexed, th thief pondered this; then, with laughing oath, seized the pen and scribbled, with no attempt to imitate the others handwriting, a message: "Regret unavoidable detention. Let-te- r of explanation follows. To this Maitland's name was signed. "That ought to clear him neatly, if I understand the emergency. The thief rose, folding the telegraph blank, and returned to the bedroom, taking up his hat and the- - murderous cane as lie went. Here he gathered together all the articles of clothing that he had discarded, conveying the mass to the trunkroom, where an empty and "Unlocked received it all. I That, I think, is about all. ) He was very methodical, this criminal, this Anisty. Nothing essential escaped him. He rejoiced in the minutiae of detail that went to cover up his tracks so thoroughly that his campaigns were as remarkable for th clues he did leave with malicious design, as for those tlfat he didnt. One final thing held his attention: A bowl of hammered brass,1 inverted beneath a ponderous book, upon the desk. Why? In a twinkling he had removed both and was studying the Impression of a woman's hand in the dust, and nodding over it. Nov-.icdeduced Anisty. v 'That girl, poor little fool! or she wouldn't have wasted time searching here for .Jhe jewels. Good looker, though from what little he with a glance at .Maitland "gave me a1 chance to see of her. Seems to have snared him, all Wht, if she did miss the haul. . . , little idiot! What right has a woman itt this business, anyway? Well, Jieres one thing that will never land pie in the pen. '.'As, with nice care, he replaced both bowl and book, a door slammed below .stairs' took him to the hall in an Instant. Maitlands Panama was hanging on the hatrack, Maitland's collection of walking sticks bristled in a stand beneath it. Anisty appropriated the former and chose one of the latter. ,Fair exchange," he considered, wit a jharsh laugh. "After all, he loses - - but the Jewels."' )?si iKv ifle was out and at the foot of the stairs just as O'Hagan reached the ground floor from the basement. Ah, OHagan! The assumption of Maitlands Ironic drawl was impeccable. O'Hagan no more questioned it than he questioned his own sanity. Here, send this wire at once, please; and, pressing a coin into the ready palm, keep the change. I was hurried and didnt bother to call you. And, I say, OHagan!! from the outer door: Yissor. If that fellow Snaith ever calls again. Im not at home." Very good, sor. Anisty permitted himself the slightest of smiles, pausing on the stoop to draw on they chamois gloves. As he did so his eye flickered disinterestedly over the personality of a man standing on the opposite walk and staring at the apartment house. He was a short man, of stoutish habit, sloppily dressed, with a derby pulled down over one eye. cigar butt protruding from beneath a heavy black mustache, beefy cheeks, and thick-soleboots dully polished. (TO BE CONTINUED.) kit-ba- e, PRODUCT OF FAR-OF- F BRAZIk. Druggist Explains Where Seductiv Sarsaparilla Comes From. The druggist served his warm and thirsty patrons with icy sarsaparilla-cal- led sasp'rella in the vernacular. Did you ever stop to think w here this delicious stuff comes from?" he asked. Sassafras, isn't it? they hazarded. Sassafras nothing. said the drugzarza gist. Sarsaparilla is made-oroots, and zarza roots come from tke Amazonas swpmps of Brazil. . Fearful swamps- - they are. Smelly black mud mosquitoes in millions snakes and crabs heat, poison, orchids, fever. And here the natives camp for weeks at a time, gathering zarza roots for the summer sarsaparilla trade, The vine runs along the ground, the roots are located and half of thpm are taken, the remaining half is carefully covered with soil again, so that they will sprout for next year. It is because sarsaparilla, like quinine, grows in fever soil that it is good for fever. , Costly Necklaces. The most costly necklace In the to the Countess world belongs Henckel. a lady well known In London and Paris society, the value of which is said to be $250,000. It Is really composed of three necklaces, each of historic interest. One was the property of Naples, sister of the of the late Austrian empress; the second, once the property of a Spanish grandee, while the third was formerly owned by the Empress Eugenie. Not long ago a necklace composed of 412 pearls, in eight rows, the property of the late duchess of Montrose, was sold for $60,000. The Empress Fiederick of Germany is said to have possessed a necklace of 35 pearls, worth at least $200,000, while Lady Ilchcster's necklace of b!&ck pearls is valued at about n $125,000. IWS OF A NO. 38. WEEK IN Fifteen men, three of them Arnert cans, were killed at FishWll Landing, N. Y., by a premature explosion of lu a tunnel that Is to form part of the local aqueduct which will carry water from the Ashokan dam In the Catskills to New York City. The big government dirigible sent to Ixs Angeles by the war department for exhibition during the aviation meeting, has been found practically worthless. Not a single flight was made by it, as it was found that It could not hold gas. Howard Chandler Christy spanked his wife one time when she swore at him, according to testimony in the hearing at Zanesville, O., of Mrs. Christys suit to gain possession of Natalie, the couples twelve-year-oldaughter. Playing football in Virginia is made a misdemeanor under a bill offered in the senate by Captain Parks of Page county. WASHINGTON. Senator Carter has prepared a bill authorizing the issuance of patents to stales for public lands chiefly vain-abl- e for the development of water power. The news comes from Washington that the government suit for Jhe dissolution of the merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads will not be dropped. Attorney General Wlckersham has found nothing so far in his investigation to warrant such a conclusion. No new stars will be added to th flag before the summer of 1911, according to the plan under consideration in the senate committee on territories. The program is said to hav the indorsement of President Taft. It provides for the reporting of an entirely new bill for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states. States rights" was the burden ot most of the addresses delivered at the conference of governors- - on- - Wednes' day, with particular reference to the conservation of resources and the regulation of public service nitro-glyceri- CONDENSED FORM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFE8T MANNER POSSIBLE. Happenings That Are Making History Information Gathered from All Quarter of the Globe and Given in a Few Line. d INTER-MOUNTAI- Tusk hunters are reported to be ruthlessly slaughtering elk in the Jackson Hole country in Wyoming. The citizens have appointed a vigilante committee and have warned the tusk hunters to leave the state or suffer death. From Denver comes the report that the growing movement to boycott meat has aroused stockmen of the west to a protest that the effect of the boycott will be against the stock-me- n rather than against the packers. Tearing down- - the mountain side at the rate of nearly seventy miles an hour, a freight train on the Moffat road jumped the track at a paint between Jenny Lake and Antelope, Colo., and the entire train plungen down the hill, three men being killed and two injured. Senator Sutherland of Utah has been selected as one of the six senators to sit upon the commission appointed by congress to investigate the Ballinger-Pincho- t trouble. Waiting for a fiery chariot from heaven, George Paschtot, his wife and four children stripped themselves at to .Lynden, Wash., and. clambered ihe roof of' their 'home in freezing weather. When discovered, their baby, Martha, aged 11 months, was dead from exposure and hunger, and another child was at the point of death. DOMESTIC. Dr. Joseph A. Danna, house surgeon of the charity hospital at New Orleans, thinks there is a good deal of humbug about the book worm. Four masked men held up and robbed a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Eureka, Mo., rifling the mail car but not molesting any of the passengers. A blizzaVd, the most severe in several years, raged throughout Ohio on Saturday and brought with it death and a long series of accidents. There was an eight-incsnowfall,, accompanied by a biting cold wind. The movement to combat the high prices of meat is spreading rapidly and is assuming a national character. The heads of the leading packing houses of Kansas City and Chicago refused to discuss the effect of the movement upon their business. The decapitated and mutilated body of a woman, identified as that of Anna Furlong, was lound in a room in a resort in Chicago. The head was missing and the police believe it was carried away by the murderer in an attempt to conceal the womans identity. The $30,000,000 suit brought under law against the Sherman anti-truthe American Sugar Refining company In connection with its absorption ot Ihe Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company, was formally discontinued on Saturday by Judge Iacombe in the United States circuit court, in New York City. With a story of hardship 'and narrow escapes from death, Captain W. A. Griffith and the twelve members of the crew of the British ship Alexander Black, which was totally wrecked on the coral reefs of ivahulaui on January 4, arrived in San Francisco January 22, on the steamship China from Honolulu. in a An explosion of carbonate dwelling house of the Pittsburg Coal company in Uniontown, Pa., blew the house to pieces and severely injured seven men. The injured are miners. They were thawing the carbonile in a stove. Deposits of $2,368,791 were tied up when the Southbridge (Mass.) Savings hank was closed by order of Judge Loring of the supreme court, who issued an injunction following the discovery by the bank examiners of an apparent discrepancy between the deposit ledger and statement of deposits. More than $500,000 in prize money will be offered this year for aviation meets held under the auspices of the International Aeronautic federation. beFourteen meets sire scheduled tween April 1 and November 2, for which $416,000 has already been promised. Paul O. Stensland, former president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago, and Henry W. Hering, formerly its cashier, who were convicted In connection with the wrecu-lnof the bank and the disappearance of $1,300,000 of Us funds, have been paroled. h g 1 - FOREIGN. Negro members of the Cuban congress have called to the attention of the president that they are caused much annoyance by being refused admission to lodging houses and hotels. Prince Max Egon Furstenberg, the Kaisers Intimate friend, and Prince Christian Hohenlohe, tvo of the richest magnates of royal rank la Europe, have gone Into business as hotel proprietors. A large building In the course ot construction, near the viaduct In Charof leroi, Belgium, the foundations which had been weakened by the rains, fell, burying the workmen In the ruins. Twelve men were killed and a score of others injured. Mexico City experienced the coldest weather in twelve years when on Saturday the mercury dropped to 5 degrees below zero centigrade, or 23 Fahrenheit. Water pipes froze and. snow appeared on the low mountain-top- s surrounding Mexico City. President Madrlz of Nicaragua has announced that General Estrada's reply had served to end abruptly the peace negotiations and that reinforcements had been ordered to the front with the purpose of striking a decisive blow at the Insurgents army. Servla la determined that the entente with Bulgaria shall he preserved. The cabinet, therefore, has decided to expel from the country all the Mac donlan voivodes who are hostile to 4 rapprochement between the two coin tries. Eight voivodes and thirty-twmembers of revolutionary bands have been expelled. After exchanges between the two cabinets, both France and Great Britain have decided to conform their answers to Secretary Knoxs Manchurian proposition to those of Russia and Japan, the latter two countries having declfji- - the proposal for the the Manchurian railneutralization , , ways. A score of people were killed when four cars of a Canadian Pacific passenger train on the Soo branch jumped from the track and, falling down a steep embankment, plunged through the ice into the Spanish river, near North Bay, Ont. Ayhao, the leader of the band of Tilden B. Filipino who murdered Wakely of Chicago and H. D. Everett, in May, 1908, and three of Ayhaos companions, have been captured by the constabulary, according to Information received in Chicago. Another English peer who is going In for the establishment of a new industry, Is the Earl of Denbigh. Lord Denbigh is devoting his attention to the growing of sugar beets in England, and has met with a considerable degree of success in his experiment. President Madrlz of Nicaragua has sent a message to the supreme court demanding the trial of all implicated in the shooting of the Americans. Groce and Cannon. does not appear officially in th proceedings of the court martial, but it is believed evidence may be Introduced which will implicate him in the .murder. I' iut o Ze-la- J.. |